al-Ḥarāshif 3
Robin 1992 a: pl. LIX/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 8.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Archaic graphic style: letters ḥ and ṣ. |
TEXT
1 | Ṣbḥn bn Ṣdqs¹mʿ w-T(ḥt)—
2 (y) rṭf b-ywm ʿmyṯʿ
3 (| w)-ʿms²fq w-k(b)r Tḥty
| 1-2 | Robin hypothetically suggests that Tḥty (here and at l. 3) or Ḥmrw (al-Ḥarāshif 2) could be the ancient name of the site (Robin 1992 a: 198). According to Jamme, instead, bn introduces two names of group (1996: 84). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣbḥn son of Ṣdqs¹mʿ and Tḥty 2 erected this portico (?), at the time of ʿmyṯʿ 3 and ʿms²fq and (when) he was kbr of Tḥty. |
| 2 | rṣf: Robin suggests that this a dialectal or graphic variant of rṣf. Jamme, instead, compares to Ar. raṣafa “to pave” (Jamme 1996: 84). |
| Jamme 1996: 84 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1996. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIX. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A201357#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 33, w. 100 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ḥarāshif |
| Ancient site | Ḥmrw (?) / Tḥty (?) |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 200-201, pl. 59/b | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
| Jamme 1996: 84 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1996. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIX. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A201357#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Rossi 2022: 93-94, 456, fig. 3 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |